Malaysia Implementation Corporation :)
Malaysia and I have the same problem. We have tones of great NEW ideas and lack of
implementation. Malaysia and Malaysians themselves possess fantastic visionary concept and is very
innovative but when it come to execution, we are not able to follow through the
ideas and lack the energy to concentrate. Maybe the problem I have got to do
with how the government train Malaysia.
I am part of Malaysia
after all.
What I am disappointed with the government today is how we
comprehend the ICT vision. We have a very good head start with the execution of
Multimedia Super Corridor, MSC (now MSC Malaysia). The concept is great. Copy
what Silicon Valley had to offer and we offer
them to the future investor. After that MSC will have its own target market,
concept and vision. But now after more than 10 years, some country that copy
our technology and ideas already leap ahead of us in term of execution. Dubai. The Dubai Internet
City and Dubai Media
City is very well executed
that now it has become one of the most popular for ICT company of the world.
100% free tax, 100% Foreigner Company. And why now we are lacking behind Dubai while we
are the one who started it all?
Now Malaysia an its 9th Malaysian Plan have this
3 corridors that they want to make in the North, East and South Johor (namely
Northern Corridor, Eastern Corridor and South Johor Corridor). Why in the Malaysia government
wants to do that? Why we don’t want to do some specialization for god sake.
Make MSC Malaysia concentrate on ICT, North states concentrate on plantation
and biotechnology (for example) etc. What we want to do now is spread the
technology from north to south but at the same time spread plantation,
education, biotechnology and electronic the same way. It will not work per se.
And why in the world Johor’s own Cyberjaya – named MSC Cyberport? Hong
Kong also has its own e-village called Cyberport. Don’t we have
any other name to put? Blergh~ you want to get some investor but at the same
time confuse them with the name and all.
Whether we know it or not, Malaysia is now slowing down its
ICT push, distracted by other areas of development that we do not have a niche
or competitive advantages.
Ok ok maybe now I am a bit bias because I’m an IT person.
Well, let’s look at education. I think in the many previous Malaysia Plans, we
want to make our higher education learning the best in the world. And in 9th
Malaysia Plan, we have a desire to develop our human capital. But what are the
actions?
China.
At the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), the Education Development and Investment
Corp has a master plan to develop an educational hub and hopes to attract the
best global institutions of higher learning in science, humanities and
technologies so that the Chinese can develop their brain power. Many
international names are already building their campuses there. Where is Malaysia
now in education? In my opinion, Malaysia still stuck in their same
old brand new education “innovation”.
India.
Having being one of the poor country for some time, they manage to upgrade
their human capital and make themselves professional in business process
outsourcing and IT. Malaysia
on the other hand being one of the innovative ones, lacking behind.
So, what is Malaysia,
which resides between the awakened tiger of Indiaa and the aroused dragon of China,
doing?
FTA will be executed in few years. We will have a free trade
agreement with some of the biggest economic players in the world. If Malaysian
still like this, enjoying our success and gazing at the 2nd world tallest
building etc, then prepare to become the next Indonesia in the next 5 years.
“We are not short of ideas but we are short on
implementation” – Pak Lah
"really? OIC…" - Taufiq
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